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A12/01088/21

Particle filter mask

KN95 Professional Protection

Protective equipmentHealth risk / other
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Notifying country
Germany
Sold online
Yes
Open the alert on the European Commission website ↗

What is the danger

The particle/filter retention of the material is insufficient (measured values: as low as 63%). Consequently, the product does not fulfil the health and safety requirements; thus, even if combined with other recommended measures, it may not properly protect.

Requirements breached

The product does not comply with the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Regulation and with the relevant European standard EN 149.

Measures taken

  1. Removal of this product listing by the online marketplace Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 22 June 2021
  2. Stop of sales Compulsory measuresTaken by: OtherIn force from: 22 June 2021
  3. Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: RetailerIn force from: 22 June 2021

Product

Description
Protective respiratory filtration half-face mask. The product was also sold online, in particular on Ebay and AliExpress.
Packaging
The masks are packaged in white plastic pouch with turquoise lettering and a sticker with hybrid labelling (KN95 and FFP2/CE). In contrast, there is no information on the masks about manufacturer, model or barcode.

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
A12/01088/21 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2021-29
Published
19 July 2021
Modified
19 July 2021

© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10004089

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